Gyeongsan Hyanggyo< Daeseongjeon Hall , Sammun Gate >

A hyanggyo is a local educational institution established by the state to hold memorial rites for Confucius and other sages and to educate and edify the local populace. Gyeongsan Hyanggyo was first established at Okgok-dong in the second year of King Gongmin of Goryeo (1390), but it burned down during the Imjin War (the Japanese invasions of 1592–98) and was rebuilt several times; in 1681 (the seventh year of King Sukjong of Joseon), it was relocated, by way of Singyo-dong, to its present site. During the Imjin War, when the spirit tablets housed in the hyanggyo were in danger, Gang Gae-myeong, a servant of the hyanggyo, moved them to a cave on Seongamsan Mountain, where they survived safely. The complex follows the "shrine in front, school behind" layout, with Daeseongjeon Hall, the space for rites, placed in front, and Myeongnyundang Hall, the space for education, placed behind. During the Joseon period, the state supported the hyanggyo with land, slaves and books so that it could teach students, but today its educational function has ceased and only its ritual function remains.

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Where it is

Region

Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산